The Details

All the little things - the details that tend to bog one down before a grand undertaking - are finally coming together. This week, I have pre-registered for classes, pre-enrolled at Queen Mary, submitted my first piece of paperwork with my UK address, and received my library pin number. While all of this information will be important no doubt, it can ruin the magical aura of going to London - I mean, would you want to be bothered with a library pin number when you would rather be imagining yourself walking through Hyde Park? My point exactly.

Anyways, I thought this would be a good time to share the details.

My UK address (for all those lovely people who will write me letters):

Feilden 04B

Feilden House, Westfield Way

London E1 4NP

My courses:

Society and the State in Britain, 1450-1720 (full year)

Gladstone and Ireland (spring)

Writing and Vision in the Romantic Period (fall)

Thomas Hardy and the Victorian Modern (fall)

Representing London: The 18th Century (full year)

And one more class for the spring - hopefully either James Joyce's Ulysses OR Milton: Revolutions in Writing OR Reading William Blake

All good stuff, of course, and I'm excited for the academic side of my year abroad. Studying English literature in England will be fantastic and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.

Coming soon: Packing - The Trials and Triumphs of a Girl Trying to Live Out of Two Suitcases.